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Best known as the woman who “ran MGM”, Ida Koverman served as talent scout, mentor, executive secretary, and confidant to American movie mogul Louis B. Mayer for twenty-five years. This book offers the first full account of Koverman's life and the story of how she became a formidable politico and a creative powerhouse during Hollywood's Golden Era.

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“Historian Braitman illuminates the woman behind one of Golden Age Hollywood’s most powerful moguls in this revealing biography…Both women’s history and film buffs will be fascinated by Braitman’s account.” —Publishers Weekly

She Damn Near Ran the Studio The Extraordinary

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      Publisher: MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi
      Publication Date: 10/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781496806192, 978-1496806192
      ISBN10: 1496806190
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      Film history, theory or criticism Feminism and feminist theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Best known as the woman who “ran MGM”, Ida Koverman served as talent scout, mentor, executive secretary, and confidant to American movie mogul Louis B. Mayer for twenty-five years. This book offers the first full account of Koverman's life and the story of how she became a formidable politico and a creative powerhouse during Hollywood's Golden Era.

      Trade Review
      “Historian Braitman illuminates the woman behind one of Golden Age Hollywood’s most powerful moguls in this revealing biography…Both women’s history and film buffs will be fascinated by Braitman’s account.” —Publishers Weekly

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